Combination-table



(No Modell) O. WHITPORD'.

GOMBINATION .TABLE'.

Patented Dec. 1 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES VHITFORD, OF MlLlVAUKEE, VISCONSIN.

COMBINATION-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,391, dated December1, 1896.

Application filed March 5,1895.

Serial No. 540,644. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES WHITFORD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aOombination-Table; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates particularly to a combined kitchen and laundrytable; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction andcombinations of parts, as will be fully set forth hereinafter andsubsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved tablewith the parts thereof extended in position for use in ironing clothes.Fig. 2.is a longitudinal vertical section through the same. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, but with theclothes-rack folded and replaced within said table. Fig. 4 is a detailsectional view illustrating the operation of attaching or detaching theironing-board; and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View clearlyillustrating the stops on the angle-plate, both of these views beingdrawn to an enlarged scale, as compared with the other figures of thedrawings.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the table proper, which isadapted for all ordinary uses of a kitchen-table.

B represents an ironing-board, and O a wide supporting-leg therefor,pivotally secured to the under side of said board, as shown at 0. Justbeneath the projecting edge of the tabletop, at one end, an angle-platea is secured to the frame of the table, extending the whole lengththereof, and having ears or stops 1) at the ends.

D is a plate secured to the under side of the board B and of equal widththereof, said plate having a projecting downwardly-flanged end forengagement with the upwardly-extended flange of the describedangle-plate a, as shown in Fig. 2. The inner end of the board B isbeveled outwardly from top to bottom, and the adjacent edge of the topof the table A is correspondingly beveled, so that when the table A andboard B are connected together, as shown in the drawings, they will bevery firmly united, and still greater steadiness is insured by makingthe board-leg C of considerable width, as shown and described. Thedescribed projecting edge of the tabletop is provided with a transversegroove cl on its under side in line with the projecting edge of theplate D beneath, (though preferably centrally located and equallydistant from the sides or legs of the table, as indicated by the dottedlines d in Fig. 1,) to aid in attaching or detaching theboard B, ashereinafter explained.

The table A is formed with a box-top having a bottom 6, and theironing-board end has two openings therein adapted to be closed by twohinged doors f g, one opening being to receive the describedironing-board when it is detached and folded and the other to receiveflat-irons, the door g opening downward and serving when open, as shownin Fig. 2, as a flat-iron support.

E E represent a pair of guide-strips, secured to the inner sides of thedescribed boxtop of the table A, to receive the grooved side pieces F Fof the clothes-rack, which pieces are connected together by the bars h hand the end pieces 1 j, there being a supporting-leg 7.; hinged to theend piece 1', as shown, while the outer end piece j is preferably formedin imitation of the front of a drawer and covers and conceals theopening in the adjacent end of the table-box frame when the parts of therack are all within the latter. The side pieces F F are further formedwith longitudinal grooves m on their inner sides to receive theprojecting ends of the lower rod n of the part G of the supplementalclothes-rack, the parts G H of which are hinged together at the top, asshown, by the rod 0, and the lower rod 2) of the part H forms astationary pivot for said part.

The operation of my device will be readily understood from the foregoingdescription of its construction, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings.

To detach the board B, it is first moved to the center of the table, andthe leg 0 is partly folded, so as to drop the outer end of said board,which throws the flanged projecting edge of the plate D into engagementwith the described groove d, and then the said board can be readilyremoved, as in this tilted position the said flanged edge of the plate Dwill just clear the angle-plate a. The board is replaced in the reversemanner to that just described. By reason of the angle-plate at extendingentirely across the end of the ta- In order to close the rack, the partG is drawn toward the table A, which action draws the part II down andin also until both are horizontally disposed, and then the leg 75 isfolded in up under the lower rack, and all are pushed inside the box-topof the table, the outer end piecej protecting and concealing all theseparts, as stated. Thus it will be seen that I have a very compact anduseful piece of furniture occupying only the space of a kitchen-table,but adapted for immediate use in ironing clothes.

Having thus described my invention, What Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In atable of the class described, the combination with asuitably-supported frame and table-top having a projecting beveled endformed with a central transverse groove in its under side, and anupwardly-flanged angleplate secured to said frame underneath said topand extending the entire width of the latter, of an ironing-board havingits inner end beveled to correspond to the projecting bev- 4o eled endof the table-top, and provided with a hinged supporting-leg, and a platesecured to the under side of said board, said plate being of a widthcoincident with the length of the said central transverse groove in thetable-top, and having a projecting downwardlyflanged edge for engagementwith the described angle-plate, substantially asset forth.

2. In a table of the class described, the combination with asuitably-supported box-top having guide-strips secured to the innersides thereof and an end opening, of a clothes-rack comprising sidepieces externally groovedfor engagement with said guide-strips, andinternally grooved, and connected by bars and outer end pieces, afolding leg hinged to one of said end pieces and'a hinged foldingsupplemental rack, the lower rod of one part of which forms a stationarypivot connecting said part to said side pieces, and the lower rod of theother part being in movable engagement with the said internal grooves ofsaid side pieces, whereby, when the rack is fully extended and adjusted,it will comprise a horizontal rack, a vertical rack, and anobliquelydisposed rack, all adapted for use at the same time,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Visconsin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

CHARLES WHITFORD. \Vitnesses:

H. G. UNDERWOOD, HENRY DANKERT.

